title: [Recent findings on acute pancreatitis].
abstract: The Author suggests endoscopic sphincterotomy, early performed in severe biliary pancreatitis, as an effective method for preventing the evolution to necrosis. This procedure presents low risks in skilled hands and reduces the need of surgical operations in patients with septic complications.
authors.affiliation: I Divisione Chirurgica, Ospedale Sandro Pertini, Roma.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gargiulo
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D006801:Humans; D009336:Necrosis; D010179:Pancreas / Q000473:pathology; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D009803:Sphincter of Oddi / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Recenti acquisizioni sulla pancreatite acuta.